NEC AND BORLAND COLLABORATE TO BRING SIP-BASED MULTIMEDIA CAPABILITIES TO WEB APPLICATIONS
Companies to Jointly Develop Adaptor Software to Advance Integration of IT and IP Technologies, Helping Telecommunications and Enterprise Customers Realize Additional Revenue Streams and Cost Savings
Tokyo, Japan and Scotts Valley, Calif. - Sep 01, 2004 : NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) and Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ NM: BORL) today announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop adaptor software that allows easier and more rapid integration of Web-based applications with SIP-based multimedia capabilities. The software will enable voice and video communications such as IP telephony and IP video conferencing over online applications, including portal sites and Intranets. This software is expected to advance the development of new types of software applications that unite voice and data for improved business efficiency, as well as enhanced communication services.
With the continuous growth of broadband and IP telephony services, carriers and service providers are seeing an increasing need to roll out new robust services using existing communication infrastructure. There is an equally urgent need by enterprises and government bodies to enhance operational efficiency, productivity and work style through the integration of business applications and multimedia communications.
This relationship combines NEC's leadership in providing IT/Network integrated solutions using SIP 1technology with Borland's expertise in providing distributed object technology 2. Under the agreement, Borland will assist NEC with the development of adaptor software that is designed to enable the integration of Web-based applications and SIP-based multimedia applications regardless of programming language, platform, and network scale.
"NEC continues to expand its effort in providing IT/Network integrated solutions that help customers improve business and communication efficiency," said Masanobu Yamaguchi, General Manager, 1st Network Software Division of NEC Corporation. "By partnering with Borland, a recognized player in distributed object technologies, NEC will deliver this adaptor software, using NEC's SIP technology including its award-winning SIP servers, which will be an innovative key element for the ubiquitous society."
"The strategic relationship with NEC reinforces the Borland strategy of helping customers accelerate the delivery of platform-independent software applications that provide true competitive advantage," said Thanh Tran, vice president and general manager of Borland enterprise business unit. "Borland and NEC are working together to enable a reliable, scalable technology platform that customers can leverage to bring new services to market more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively."
NEC plans to launch this adaptor software by the end of this year to the Japanese market, targeting carriers, Internet service providers (ISP), application service providers (ASP), enterprises and government bodies.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of 4,906 billion yen (approx. $47 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2004. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com.
About Borland
Borland Software Corp. (NASDAQ NM: BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers, and implementers in real time, Borland enables enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage. For more information, visit: http://www.borland.com or for the Borland Developer Network, please visit http://bdn.borland.com. All Borland brands and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corp. in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, the anticipated dates of availability of the adaptor, the benefits to be derived by customers from the adaptor, and the benefits to be derived from the relationship between NEC and Borland. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, the following: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for these products, shifts in customer demand, delays in actions or announcements by competitors, and software errors. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in Borland periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. Borland and NEC are under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
1SIP: Session Initiated Protocol, a signaling protocol for Internet conferencing, telephony, presence, events notification and instant messaging. The protocol initiates call setup, routing, authentication and other feature messages to endpoints within an IP domain.
2Distributed object technology refers to Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) technology that allows distributed applications to interoperate (application to application communication), regardless of what language they are written in or where these applications reside.